Improving habitat models and their utility in koala conservation

Conservation Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 660-668

  Cork, Steven J ^a   Hume, Ian D ^c   Foley, William J ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; MAMMAL; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

EID: 0034046201     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2000.99389.x     Document Type: Review

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